# Ger Feeney

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{{Short description|Irish Gaelic footballer}}
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'''Ger Feeney''' ({{c.}} 1954 – 10 October 2010) was an Irish [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er who played for the [Mayo county team](/source/Mayo_county_football_team).

==Personal life==
Feeney was a native of Cortoon, [Ballintubber](/source/Ballintubber), and studied at Ballinafad College. He was a highly regarded GAA player in the 1970s. He won a minor All-Ireland title in 1971 and an U21 winners medal in 1974.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/1478-victims-of-tragedy-named |title=Victims of tragedy named |newspaper=[Connaught Telegraph](/source/Connaught_Telegraph) |date=11 October 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331185202/http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/1478-victims-of-tragedy-named |archivedate=31 March 2012 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> He made his championship debut for Mayo in 1972 against Sligo at [McHale Park](/source/McHale_Park), Castlebar.{{fact|date=November 2021}}

His sons [Richie](/source/Richie_Feeney) and Alan Feeney, and his nephew, John Feeney,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mayogaablog.com/?p=5889 |title=Remembering Ger Feeney |author=Willie Joe |website=Mayo GAA Blog |date=11 October 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref> are all members of the Mayo football squad. One of his brothers was a Mayo county secretary, Sean Feeney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=136886 |title=Mayo mourns Ger Feeney |website=Hoganstand.com |date=11 October 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>

==Death==
He and his close friend, businessman Donal McEllin, drowned in a boating accident off [Inishbofin](/source/Inishbofin%2C_County_Galway) in October 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/exgaa-star-dies-in-double-drowning-tragedy-off-island-2373648.html |title=Ex-GAA star dies in double drowning tragedy off island |last=McDonald |first=Brian |newspaper=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent) |date=10 November 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2015}}</ref>

Feeney was survived by his wife Kathleen (''[née](/source/Birth_name)'' Caden) and their four children, Richie, Alan, Claire and Darragh (14 at the time), who was in [St Gerald's College, Castlebar](/source/St_Gerald's_College%2C_Castlebar) at the time of his father's death.{{fact|date=November 2021}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=116751 Death notice] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132539/http://www.rip.ie/death_notices_detail.asp?NoticeID=116751 |date=25 April 2012 }} at [RIP.ie](/source/RIP.ie)

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Category:Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers
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